[All] my letter to Globe on nukes

[Norah & Richard]

"Our continually expanding need for energy?"  or our continually 
expanding want for energy?  Its time we all realize we are grown up..we 
don't have to grow anymore.. and we are going to burst apart if we 
continually expand our use of ergy to supply our childish wants and our 
addiction. Check out 'degrowth' or the 'steady state economy' to realize 
we do have other options and the sooner we use them the less disastrous 
the future will be for all of us.    Good letter Eleanor!  Norah

On 18/03/2011 8:54 AM, BLAINE GRAY wrote:
> While everyone is acutely aware of the risks involved with nuclear 
> power, particularly in view of the Japanese situation, we all need to 
> be reminded that there are very few other viable sources of electric 
> power that don't also impose huge strains on our enviornment.
> We have coal, oil, natural gas and water.  It's no news that fossil 
> fuel sources of electricity _and fuel_ are responsible for climate 
> warming and contribute to illnesses for millions.  With the move to 
> electric vehicles, we will be replacing fuel for cars with fuel for 
> generators.
> Significant improvements have been made with wind and solar but these 
> technologies are not without risk.  Solar leaves behind particularly 
> nasty waste and wind is questioned due to noise.
> So we need to put the risks associated with each of these sources in 
> perspective.  Our continually expanding need for energy (including 
> these computers that we all use) must be satisfied somehow.  Nuclear 
> power has had a reasonably good track record when compared with most 
> of the other big sources; rather than dismissing it entirely, it might 
> be more effective to support research into making it safer.
> ....Blaine Gray
>
>
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> *From:* Eleanor Grant <eleanor7000 at gmail.com>
> *To:* GREN2 <All at gren.ca>
> *Sent:* Fri, March 18, 2011 12:23:30 AM
> *Subject:* [All] my letter to Globe on nukes
>
>
>
> To the editor
> The Globe and Mail:
>
> Suppose that every nuclear reactor in Ontario could be built and 
> operated for 40 years without a hitch and then be dismantled as planned.
>
> Would that mean they are safe?
>
> There are two KNOWN risks, which alone should make us afraid to build 
> any more of the things.
>
> One is that the cost is prohibitive.  We and our grandchildren will be 
> paying for them forever, through either soaring hydro rates or soaring 
> debt.  Unlike renewables, nukes have no payback time, only PAY MORE time.
>
> The other known risk is that there is still no way to dispose of the 
> waste.  To keep generating dangerous wastes that our strapped 
> descendants will have to figure out how to dispose of, is both foolish 
> and unconscionable.
>
> Ontario should announce today a timetable for phasing out nuclear 
> power, as it commendably did with coal.
>
> Eleanor Grant
> Waterloo, Ont.
>
>
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